Baseball game apparatus



July 28, 1925.

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July 28, 1925. 1,547,922 I C. N. HURLBUT BASEBALL GAME APPARATUS FiledFeb. 7', 1924 2 Sheets-'Sheet 2 Summtoz Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED STAT-cs CARL NOYES-HURLBUT, 0F m smanjveamm;

B'ASEBALL' GAME Areas-arcs Application'filed February {was Serial No:691,211?

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that GAR-n NoYEs I -IURLEB T,

a citizen of, the United States of America, re=

apparatus, and it consists in the novel features hereinafter describedand claimed. An object of the invention is to" provide apparatus of thecharacter stated, upon which a contested'game of base ball may be playedby opposing parties; and having means for indicating the different'p'lays which are tozbe' executed by the player, the said means beingoperated by the respective contestants who will be required to exercisethe faculties of skill and experience to carry out the most advancinplays possible to be made at the opportune time and in order to advancetheir respective interests in the contest.

With this object in View, the apparatus includes a board simulating inminiature the layout of a base ball field includinga diamond,in-field,'out-field, and a ramp positioned immediately behind thehome-plate angle of the diamond. The board is provided with depressionsdisposed within the diamond and in the area of the out-field and at theopposite sides of the diamond exteriorly thereof. An alley is providedat one side edge of the board and communicates at one end with anarcuate runway, the delivery end of which is disposed toward the saidramp. the alley for projecting a ball and the said means may bemanipulated by the contestants for striking the ball to knock the samealong the alley and around the runway and over the ramp so that the ballmay enter one of the depressions in the board to indicate the play whichis about to be executed by the player, batter, or base runner, as thecase may be.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the base ball game apparatus.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof, cut on the line 2-2of Figure 1.

Fi ure 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof, cut on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view thereof, out .011 the line 44of Figure 1;

which is used upon the game board,

Means are provided and located inv Figure 5 is a perspective vi'ewof'theramp The base ballgame apparatus includes an elongated board 1 which isbounded around its edgesby upstanding flanges A dia' mond 3* is laid offupon the intermediate portion' of the board l and is provided at itscorners with spaces 4 indicating home-plate, first, second and thirdbases. The boarob 1 is provided within the diamond: 3 with a series ofdepressions 5 adjacent each of which is arranged indicia tosignifythechara'cter of the play which is m'a de inith'e' event that the ball,(hereinafter to: be'zdescribed) enters any one of the said depressi'onsrnee boa rdfil is providedat th'e-opposite'sides:of the diamond 3 andbeyond the exteriorthereofwith depressions 6*l avinggadja'cent" theirsides indicia to indicate thevcharacter of'th'e play whichismade-should. the: ballhereinbefore re'ferred to enter anyone oftheqsaid depressions 6. Pegs 7 are provided and may be inserted inopenings provided in the board 1 and the said pegs represent the playersand may be advanced around the diamond from base to base in a usualmanner as the plays are made by the contestants. The area of the board 1which represents the out-field is provided with a number of depressions8, each of which having adjacent its sides, indicia which serve toindicate the play made by a pl; yer and when entered by the ballprojected by the contestants. A partition strip 9 is disposedlongitudinally of the board 1 in the vicinity of one of the side edgesthereof and is spaced from the adjacent side edge forming an alley 10.An arcuate runway block 12 is positioned at the end of the board 1beyond the end of the partition strip 9 and the curvature of the runwayblock 12 is disposed transversely of the end of the alley 10 as bestshown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

A ramp block 13 is positioned upon the board 1 immediately behind thehome-plate space of the diamond 3 and the said ramp is provided with anupper surface 14. The inclined surface 13 is disposed transversely ofthe end of theme of the block 12 and at the home-plate corner of thediamond 3. A. coiled spring 14 is disposed across the alley 12 in thevicinity of one end of the board, and a spool or roller 15 is mountedupon the intermediate portion of the coiled spring 14. In carrying outthe game of baseball, a globular ball 16 is used, and in Figure 1 of thedrawings, the said ball is shown as being positioned in the alleyadjacent the spool 15. In carrying out the game a contest-ant grasps theroller or spool between his fingers and draws the intermediate portionof the spring 14 away from the ball 16.

' The spool is then released and the spring 14 contracts whereby theperiphery of the spool is brought into contact with the side of the ball16 and the ball is projected along the alley 10 around the arcuatecurved edge of the block 12 and over the surface 14 of the ramp 13 andmoves out upon the field which is laid off at the upper surface of theboard 1. .Should the ball enter any one of the depresions in the board1, the adjacent indicia indicates the character of the play which is tobe executed by the player and a pin 7 is placed at the position uponthe-diamond which will indicate that such player has made the playcalled for. Should the ball 16 fail' to enter any one of thedepressions, the play is to be considered as a foul. In carrying out thegame, each contestant is entitled to project the ball 16, in eachinning, as many times as successful plays are executed, and the numberof times which the ball is projected is limited only by the put-outswhich are brought about by the ball entering those depressions bearingthe indicia that the player is put out.

The rules governing the game of base ball may be applied to the variousplays made and the several contestants continue to project the balluntil such time as each of them successively have been subjected tothree put out players upon their respective sides.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A game apparatus comprising a board having an alley located thereon,a 'coiled spring disposed transversely across the alley and a rollermounted upon the intermediate portion of the spring and having its endsspaced from the side walls of the alley.

2. A game apparatus comprising a board having an alley thereon, a coiledspring dis posed transversely across the alley, a roller mounted uponthe intermediate portion of the spring and having its ends spaced fromthe side wall surfaces of the alley, the roller r being provided at itsends with flanges which engage the surface of the board.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CARL NOYES HURLBUT.

